Dinner-pail



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No. 594,564. Patented Nov. v30, 1897.

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NITED STATES ATENT Prion,

ROBERT SOHAELLIBAUM, OF LOWELL, MASSACHUSETTS.

DINNER-FAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 594,564, dated November 30, 1897.

Application filed April 17, 1896.

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT SOHAELLIBAUM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lowell, in the coun ty of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dinner-Pails, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. This invention relates to dinner-pails; and the object thereof is to provide means for heating or keeping the dinner-pail warm in winter and for cooling the same in summer; and the invention is fully disclosed in the following speciication, of which the accompanying drawings form a part, in which- Figure l is a plan View of one form of my improved dinner-pail; Eig. 2, a central vertical section of the construction shown in Fig. 1. In the practiceof my invention I provide a dinner-pail A, which is preferably cylindrical in form and which is provided with a cap or cover B, the central portion of the cap or cover B being perforated, as shown at b, and I also provide a central tubular receptacle D,

which is closed at its lower end and which extends downwardly to near the bottom of the pail, and the upper end of which is open and incloses the perforations b, andy said upper end is provided with an outwardly-turned annular flange or rim d, which is held in place by arms E, which are pivotal'ly connected with the cap or cover at E. Preferably three of these arms E are employed, and the receptacle D is securely held in place thereby, and said arms may be swung to one side and the receptacle D detached from the cap or cover B whenever necessary.

The receptacle is designed to receive live l coals and charcoal or any similar substance that will keep the pail or its contents from freezing during a certain or predetermined length of time, and the object of the perforaseriai Nofsaaoco. oro man.)

tions b in the cap or cover is to allow for the escape of what little smoke or hot gases will rise from the substances employed.

My improved dinner-pail may also be provided with a hinged bail or any preferred handle, and when desired ice or any other desired cooling medium may be placed within the receptacle D t have a cooling effect upon the contents of the pail. Thus it will be seen that I accomplish the object of my invention by means of a device which is simple in construction and operation and well adapted to produce the results for which it is intended.

I-Iaving fully described lmy invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a dinner-pail, the combination with a body portion or receptacle and a cover therefor adapted to it upon the pail and to be removed therefrom, said cover having a plurality of perforations in its central portion, of a supplemental imperforate receptacle having its lower end closed and its upper end open, and provided with an annular outwardlyturned flange at its upper edge, and a plurality of fingers pivoted to the under side of the cover and adapted to engage and receive between them and the adjacent surface of the ROBERT SOI-IAELLIBAUM.

Witnesses:

C. GERsT, S. L. HAwKsHURs'r. 

